04/09/2016

"Sundays In September" - The new sounds from Thor De Force - 4 tracks in 4 weeks

Thor
De Force

”Sundays
In September”

”Oktavia” Release
date: 04.09.2016

”Erozone” Release
date: 11.09.2016

”Elvin” Release
date: 18.09.2016

”Five
Stars” Release date: 25.09.2016

Here
at PG Sounds I am extremely thrilled to announce ”Sundays In
September "series with Danish producer/ muscian Thor De Force.
The series consists of four single tracks, published over 4 Sundays
in Septemper 2016 which has already been introduced with Thor De
Force's animated stop-motion film "Next President? "

As
a Dane born in the US, with the possibility to vote in elections in
both countries, Thor De Force has a close relationship with both
cultures. With November's election, it seems many thoughts going
through the musician's mind. The great rift in American society seems
clearer than ever before, but the divide is not just American; it is
a flow that permeates Western culture.

Musically
Thor De Force works around this mood in the 4 tracks. Blues, soul,
electronica, jazz and deep grooves reminiscent of the great American
tradition, but also the more cool Nordic - almost Bergmanske mood -
and leads the listener through a long journey; a tour de force of
beats and melancholy.

Follow
the next four Sundays in Septemper when Thor De Force releases tracks
on all digital platforms to stream, download worldwide.

Label boss PG has forced Thor De Force to the table in the studio to talk more about his music, the tracks and what he is up to with all this....

What
is going on here with this artist name Thor De Force ? Are you a
dancing viking or a Jedi?

More
of Jedi than a Viking...Jedi's are mad cool, can levitate and what
not...Vikings on the other hand went around the world a killed, raped
and robbed.

You
travel a lot between NYC and CPH... Is this due to the fact that you
actually are too confused to know where you wanna live, or do you
just want to escape all the female fans ?? Just kidding... you are
not swimming in female fans, so tell us, what so special about these
2 cities and their music scenes...?

What
do you know about my female fans? Both NYC and CPH are great for
music, both has an incredible density of great musicians. NYC has an
edge that you don't find too many other places, something you can get
quite addicted to and a reason to keep coming back.

Many
musicians from all around the world want to make it big in NYC. You
have played with a lot of them. If you should highlight 1-2 personal
musical moments in the Big Apple, what would it be?

Too
many great moments to narrow it down to 1 or 2.

You
are a producer and you are a musician. You do you own tracks. But PG
Sounds will also release some crazy stuff with the impro guitar rock
God Buster Jensen and his fellow musicians in Zetzum Zorglub. You had
you mind deep into their music. What nobs did you twerk [tweek] to
get the sound so awesome good in these productions and how do you
feel working with these guys ? I mean...their name could be a sloppy
affair... or not ?

Buster
is great to work with. He is very much about spur of the moment, the
magic of first takes and keeping the musical mistakes intact. He
really gave me the time and freedom to approach every single song
from a new angle.

You
are known to many for you guitar wizzard things. What is the best
thing about guitars... and don’t come up with just punani talk..

I
think of myself as a musician before a guitarplayer and I think all
the people I like to play with are the same in regards to their
chosen instrument. The guitar is an amazingly versatile instrument
and sound-creation tool but in all honesty I could probably have been
just as happy playing another instrument. In my next life I will be a
drummer.

Your
first video is a funny comment on the US election. Why are you
concerned with who will be the next president ?

The
american presidency is such a powerful institution and extremely
important to the well being of the world. Who wins the White House is
infinitely more important that who will be next prime minister of
Denmark.

Now
that Bernie Sanders has left the building, do you still think we
can Feel The Burn ? -
And was Bernie just too much of socialist for America ?

He
got incredibly far in the race against all odds - before he set out
to become the presidential candidate I thought yes, he is too much of
a socialist but now I am not so sure. Everything is upside down not
only in the american election but all over the world and A LOT of
people are really, really fed up with the greed of capitalism and
that greed is destabilizing the world - so why not a US socialist for
president, obviously not this time but maybe next time...

When
Bernie brought The Danish
Model into the election,
what did you think ? Is'nt he just glorifying The
Danish Model because he
is American and does'nt know better ?

A
lot of people before Sanders have pointed to the Danish or
Scandinavian model, Gorbachev among others. I think we should be
extremely proud of that.

Do
you think there is enough political music these days, and do you see
yourself as an political artist or are you just another café latte
political musician ?

I
have not ever considered myself a political artist but that could
change...whether somebody becomes a political voice in arts has a lot
to do with circumstance and circumstances are changing.

What
is it about this “Sundays in September” series... Are you a 9/11
freak ? I mean, were you there feeling the burn from the towers ?

I
was in New York on 9/11 and I think of that day as one of the two
most important geopolitical events in my life-time, the other being
the fall of the Berlin wall. What happened on 9/11 and really mostly
what happened after that
day came to change the world.

Back
to the tracks. You release 4 tracks in a month and non[e] of the[m]
are with vocals. Lets go through them :

“Oktavia”
- you make a stop/motion video about the US election, but nobody is
saying any political statements in that tune. What’s then the point
[of] bringing any political point of views into a tune that is
totally not political, or is there some kind of twisted nerdy sample
of a statement that only can be heard playing the tune backwards ?

There
is always a point in making a political statement. Instrumental music
is not the best medium for political statements, videos are great for
that.

“Erozone”
- Do you prefer to get paid in € or USD or what else is the point
with such a title ?

Erozone
is an old title and actually, the core composition of that particular
track is 15 years old. The title has always intrigued me and has a
magic sound to my ears. We are so used to hearing the word eurozone
which is about the unsexiest word I know, but just remove one letter
and it is whole different ballgame.

“Elvin”
- who is that guy ? Is that a secret son you have or your inner self
?

That
track pays homage Elvin Jones. You listen to the track and tell me
how !!:)

“Five
Stars” - There are 50 states in the US and 50 stars in Stars &
Stripes, so whats up with these 5 stars ?

The
track was originally written for 5 guitarist equally featured thus 5
stars. Even though the track morphed into something slightly
different I chose to keep the title.

Talking
tracks... Can tunes still change the world like your musical heroes
did such as Hendrix ?

That
is a great question - does art still matter or has it just become
pleasant wallpaper? My heroes - Marley, Miles, Fela, Jimi - changed
the world with their art but that is not something that comes along
every day or every decade.

And
talking Hendrix.. Tell me about your Hendrix love..How old were you
when you could possible comprehend that that Hendrix was – and
still is - a guitar God ?

When
my parents returned to Denmark from Chicago in 1971 they brought with
them a bunch of LPs - Electric Ladyland was one of them and I grew up
on Hendrix. So in a way I guess I have always known.

I
know you personally and I like you political point of view. But
should'nt you raise you children more like Captain Fantastic (played
by Viggo Mortensen), move out of the city and learn your girls to
kill a deer with bare hands in order to be “real” ? I mean, I
live currently in Nuuk, Greenland, and the first think I did was to
throw my 5 year old son onto a icebrick and see if he could swim
back..So you as hardcore as you pretend ?

I
don’t pretend to be hardcore in that regard. I feed off the energy
of the city and love ‘em big like New York, Sao Paulo and Mumbai.
Maybe there will come a time when I start to feed off of solitude and
wild nature, just hasn’t happened yet.

The
future of Thor De Force - Whats next, can we expect more tracks soon
and what about live ?

Yes
expect both more tracks and killer live shows!

Did
I miss anything. Is there a question that you wanted me to ask but I
did'nt ?

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